11:40:01 AM Sean Rodriquez: i have to take a dump but my sister just crushed one in there
11:40:21 AM Sean Rodriquez: it’s like one of those rooms in a video game where the air is green and you start losing health when you walk in

Sean is going to be the teacher you want to eat lunch with. The one you don’t mind making eye contact with at the grocery store. The one you hunt down first at your ten year class reunion. I know this. I have seen it in my palantir.

Lindsay is not too old to see a midnight premiere of the last Harry Potter movie. I still need to call her so we can talk about how great it was and how sad we are that there are not going to be any more.

Lindsay lives where people spontaneously burst into choreographed song and dance while walking down the street. Does that make you want to visit? It makes me want to visit.

Happy birthday, Lindsay!

Today is also Tyler Griffin’s birthday! Tyler moved away a long time ago as part of an elaborate plan for me to run out of things to say about him in birthday posts.

Today is James O’donnell’s birthday! James likes gardening and asking you to set up dates with famous actresses. I missed James birthday dinner because I’m a terrible friend.

James is the kind of guy who will read the first six Harry Potter books but skip the last one in favor of a brief plot synopsis at a party. This won’t stop him from going on a man date with you to see the last movie even though they run on foot when it helps the plot and/or the suspense.

Back in January I posted about some of the projects we hope to accomplish this year. I think it’s time for an update on those projects.

Move Justin’s office to the barn. Done! He’s been working out of the barn for months and we’re all pretty happy with the move.

Make the old iguana-room-turned-chicken-room into a real barn office for Justin. Half done- he’s in the room, but the room still needs a little work.

Make a better dog/cat room in the house. also partially finished- It really needs to be painted and the floor needs to be finished. Some shelves would be nice too.

Reclaim my laundry room. Done, mostly. I could use some shelves, but at least it’s my laundry room again, rather than a cat room I wash clothes in.

Make a toy room for Nathan. three-quarters done. He has a functioning toy room, but the floor needs work, the ceiling fan needs to be put up, and we need to get and install a door for the closet.

Expand the chicken run. Not at all done. Justin did however get a shade cloth put up so they will have more shade in their run. To add to this project, we’re also now hoping to construct an enclosure to house some guinea fowl and peafowl.

Decorate the living room. Not even close. This project has been push to the bottom of the barrel for a couple reasons- firstly, it’s a more expensive and time consuming project. Secondly, on the surface it’s a less important project. Really, though, I do think it’s an important project and one I’m still hoping to accomplish, even if it takes a little longer than I’d like. The current state of our living room is ugly, depressing, and nearly unusable. If you haven’t seen our living room and think I’m exaggerating, I’m not. In it’s current state it sits relatively empty, with white, picture-less walls, a floor that’s uglier than most garage floors, and no furniture.

Even though we still have a lot to do to complete these projects, I’m pretty happy with what we have accomplished. We have so many smaller projects that get tossed in between these that it often makes it challenging to work on these bigger projects. I really like always having projects to work on, I just wish we had a little more time to put into them.